Front or feed guide for printing-presses.



.No. 852,263. PATENTED APR. 30, 1967.

- G. PIPENNER.

FRONT 0R FEED GUIDE FOR PRINTING PRESSES;

Arrmcumn FILED JAN. 10, 1 07.

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UNITED s'rn'rns earner orrioa.

' GEORGE P. F ENNEnfor new LONDON, CONNECTICUT.

FRONT on FEED Guam: For: PWlN'IING-PRESSEZS.

No. ceases.

'Sbecificationoflettere Patent.

Patented April 30, 1907.

Application filed January 10,1907- Serial No. 851,727.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE P. FENNER, a

citizen of the United States, residing at New London, in the county of New London and State of Connecticut, have invented new and useful Improvements in Front or Feed Guides for Printing-Presses, of which'the following is a specification,

The object of this invention is to provide fed. p

This invention resides in a feed gnide of spring material so as t'db adjustable asset forth in the following speci'ficatciogr and claim eLan-nexe awing, in

Figure 1 view 0 '1. Fig. 3 is a perspective; view ofasprmg iece.

rawmg the letter m -indicates a In this piece or strip of spring steel'or metal. This stri as indicated is cut for part of its length to orm two branches'or be of skeleton or frame shape. This spring metalpiece a is, attached by fastening device or nut b to the feed uide spindle. 1

In eeding the sheet against the guide such sheet is expected to come into contact with the tongue 0 ofthe feed board. This sheet o rests onsaid tongue. I I} The space between the iece a and the tongue on the feed board'to 0 accurate-work must be increased and decreasednnertain extent, depending uplon .the thickness of paper or card board w ich is to be fed to the guides. For this urpose is applied the ada I u. r

1ust1ng screw (1 w 10h taps nto the spmdle of the feed guide.- The lower end ofthe shows a side elevation of a guide screw d has a groovewhich engages a slot in the spring metal, shown at e.

The spring material is made to project or reach back of the feed guide front f so as to press or hold the sheet in proper contact with the ton ue 0 or in position for the gri per to take hodd. The sheet as it is move along the feed board comes into contact with or is stopped by the feed guidef and as the latter is raised at the proper moment a sufiicient degree the sheet can pass thereunder as it ie taken by the grippers. prevents the edge of the getting out of reach of the gripper. Such piece a projects or extends back of the feed guide front f.

"What I claim is: a 7

1. A feed guide comprising a spindle with spring metal presser piece and an adjusting screw for the presser piece said screw being tapped into the spindle of the feed guide-and portion of the presser" iece engaging an end the t icksons to set the same according to mess of the sheet to be guided.

'2, A feed guide provided with an adjusting screw and with spring presser pieceoonsisting of an elasti(- strip secured at one end to the guide, and curved back of said guidesand having its other end engaged by said adjusting screw.

' 3. A feed guide provided with a grooved. screw and a spring piece secured at one end to said guide and having its other end slotted to engagethe groove in the screw.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in. the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

' GEORGE P. FENNER.

Witnesses:

ANNA f0. Rnsmsmr,

ELLERY- The presser'piece a sheet curling up or 

